Sealing-band.



/ J. W RIPPER.

SEALING BAND.

APPLICATION FILED 13120.9,1907.

QUQEQK Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

bands for fowls and animal;

UNITE SAT Not so.

V i m i a i JOSEPH W. RIiPER, OF MONAOA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEALING-BAND.

\ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 39.11.12, 1909'."

Application filed December 9, 1907. Serial No. 405,658

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOSEPH W. RIPPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at ave Monaca, in the State of Pennsylvania,

invented certain new and useful Im'rovements in Sealing-Bands, of which the ollowband which can be attached with. ease and when in place presents no projections to catch dirt, etc., and cannot be removed without detection.

The device as illustrated in I the accompanying drawing is applied to a leg band for marking fowls. i

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a plan and longitudinal section of the band in flat form.

Fig. 3 is a section of the band with its ends attached and 'the seal made.

trates a modification sometimes used.

Metallic bands have been used before for sealing on the legs .of fowls and marking- .other without detection, that is the rivets or other holding devices could be cut ofl and v the band changed by substituting anew rivet. In my device the seal having been once made cannotbe loosened without plain I detection, and the entire band and fastening means is in a single piece of metal.

As shown in the drawing I prefer .to make the band of a stri of aluminum 5, or ductile and non-corrodib e substance, and it is provided at one end with an eye or hole 6 and at the other with a cooperating sealing stud 7. The construction of this stud is eculiar, in that it is punched up out of the'b ank and in so forming it the metal on the crown of the .stud is considerably drawn or thinned. That is the crown-of the stud has less strength than the side walls, and so when a pressure is placed on it it'will readily spread outward to form a projecting Head and this distortion by drawing the top outwardlystill further reception of saidstud,

thins the metal on top so that it cannot be returned to original shape by merely punching it out of its hole.

The two ends of the band are attached by inserting the stud 7 in the hole 6-and pressing down the crown 7 of the stud so as to make 1 are compressed together. This would make.

it still more difiicult to remove the stud out of its rece tacle, as both the stud and its covering w flow outwardl as shown in Fi 3, when compressed. W en desired a mar g number may be at the same time impressed on this crown. It will be noted that this makes a perfectly secure seal, andone which cannot be removed without destroying the V,

band or at least so mutilatingthe stud as to make such removal readily a parent. It will also be noted that the finished legband presents'no'projections to wound the fowl or catch threads, or grass, or dirt. There is also agreatadvantage in; the use of the particular material I prefer, sincejaluminum is not subject to, corrosion and forms no oisonous compounds and is conveniently p 'able and li ht, while having amply sufficient strength. The action of the compressible stud is also better in the use of this material.

It willbe evident that the device also has advantages for use in other w'a s such as sealing car doors and the like, t ough it is particularly adapted for a marker for fowls as above indicated. J i

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use,'what'I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is the folthinned on top of the stud so as to be spread by pressureon the crown, the other end of the lap band being provided with a hole for substantially as described.

2. A leg marking band for fowls comprise ing a metal band in .one integral piece having a closed hollow stud struck up in metal when'the two arijfressedtogether to seal the band, substanti on each end of theband, one stud bein adapted to fit inside the other and be locke by com ression', substantially as described.

3. A cg marking band for fowls comprising a soft metal band having at each end a closed hollow stud'struck up from the metal, one of the studs being ada ted to'fit inside the other, and one of them aving the metal thinned on its crown, for easy spreading" Witnesses:

y as described. In testimony scribing witnesses.

H. M. COR IN, v

hereof, I have sigtned my name in the presence of the two su Y hereunto JOSEPH w. RIPP R; 

